UNCONSCIOUSLY-CHOSEN BONDAGE
the chains that bind are depicted as loose and easy to slip off. The querent feels trapped, and is operating under major limits and restrictions that appear necessary, but are not; they can be loosed by making the effort.

RECOGNITION OF BONDAGE
At least a partial realization has been made that the limitations exist with the querent's own cooperation. The querent here is at the point of choosing to make the internal effort needed to make a change, knowing how deeply this change will be felt.